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| The Family Tinamidae forms an exclusively American family of small to medium-sized birds. Tinamous are plump terrestrial birds with short and strong legs, and rudimentary tail. Tinamous are shy and retiring inhabitants of forest, scrub, and grasslands. Their melodious flute-like whistles are more often heard than birds are seen. | Their coloration consists of shades of gray and brown, and some are conspicuously barred. Tinamous feed on insects, seeds, and fruit. Their eggs area often green, blue, or purple with enamel-like surface and are incubated by the male. There are 7 genera and 27 species of Tinamous known to occur in Peru. Photo (left): Andean Tinamou by ©John & Maggy Turner. Photo (right): Cinereous Tinamou. Creative Commons |
| Family TINAMIDAE | ||
| Tinamous | Perdices de America | Latin Name |
| Tawny-breasted Tinamou | Perdiz de Pecho Leonado | Nothocercus julius |
| Highland Tinamou | Perdiz Montesa | Nothocercus bonapartei |
| Hooded Tinamou | Perdiz de Cabeza Negra | Nothocercus nigrocapillus |
| Gray Tinamou | Perdiz Gris | Tinamus tao |
| Black Tinamou | Perdiz Negra | Tinamus osgoodi |
| Great Tinamou | Perdiz Grande | Tinamus major |
| White-throated Tinamou | Perdiz de Garganta Blanca | Tinamus guttatus |
| Cinereous Tinamou | Perdiz Cinérea | Crypturellus cinereus |
| Little Tinamou | Perdiz Chica | Crypturellus soui |
| Brown Tinamou | Perdiz Parda | Crypturellus obsoletus |
| Undulated Tinamou | Perdiz Ondulada | Crypturellus undulatus |
| Pale-browed Tinamou | Perdiz de Ceja Pálida | Crypturellus transfasciatus |
| Brazilian Tinamou | Perdiz Brasileña | Crypturellus strigulosus |
| Gray-legged Tinamou | Perdiz de Pata Gris | Crypturellus duidae |
| Black-capped Tinamou | Perdiz de Gorro Negro | Crypturellus atrocapillus |
| Variegated Tinamou | Perdiz Abigarrada | Crypturellus variegatus |
| Bartlett’s Tinamou | Perdiz de Bartlett | Crypturellus bartletti |
| Small-billed Tinamou | Perdiz de Pico Corto | Crypturellus parvirostris |
| Barred Tinamou | Perdiz Barrada | Crypturellus casiquiare |
| Tataupa Tinamou | Perdiz Tataupá | Crypturellus tataupa |
| Red-winged Tinamou | Perdiz de Ala Roja | Rhynchotus rufescens |
| Taczanowski’s Tinamou | Perdiz de Taczanowski | Nothoprocta taczanowskii |
| Ornate Tinamou | Perdiz Cordillerana | Nothoprocta ornata |
| Andean Tinamou | Perdiz Andina | Nothoprocta pentlandii |
| Curve-billed Tinamou | Perdiz de Pico Curvo | Nothoprocta curvirostris |
| Darwin’s Nothura | Perdiz de Darwin | Nothura darwinii |
| Puna Tinamou | Perdiz de la Puna | Tinamotis pentlandii |
 RHEIDAE: Rheas, Ñandúes o Suris |
ANHIMIDAE: Screamers – Camungos  |